When I read the thread title, I was wondering how this could be a disaster.?.? But once I read through the original post I said to myself, YEP! That could've been a huge disaster!!
And then to read about lubing the sheeve axles with no grease zerks… and you're supposed to do this annually? Kinda hokey imho.

But as always you got it fixed up first class. And with a real Public Service Announcement (PSA) . Thanks for the heads up.